8 Argentina 



higher plants and phytoplankton ; identified reference 

 collection of local flora and fauna ; machine and wood 

 shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop work- 

 man available; small boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General zoolog}', inverte- 

 brate zoology, vertebrate zoology, comparative anatomy 

 of vertebrates, animal ecology, zoogeography, limnol- 

 ogy, planktology, systematic botany, plant anatomy 

 and morphology, plant physiology and plant ecology. 



SIZE OF staff: Eight at professional level; 4 tech- 

 nicians. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Algae: Chlorella sp. 



Rotifera: Keratella vulga, Brachionus caudatus 

 Gastropoda: Ampidlaria canaliculata 

 Crustacea: Bosmina oblus'irostris, Dapbnia pulex, 



Simosa vetula 

 Pisces: ]enys}a lineata, Cichlasoina jacetum 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



General limnology and zooplankton (Santiago R. 



Olivier) 

 Phytoplankton (Sebastian A. Guarrera) 

 Crustacea and general ecology (Raul A. Ringuelet) 

 Ichthyophysiology (Federico Garcia Romeu) 

 Periphyton and physiology of algae (Raquel Guitman) 

 Ostracoda (Fernando Ramirez) 



MUSEO DE LA PLATA 



Laboratories for Which No Detailed In- 

 formation Is Available: 



Departamento Caza Pesca y Proteccion de la 

 Fauna 



Julio A. Roca 143, Resistencia, Pica Chaco, Argen- 

 tina. Dra. Corina E. Acervo. 



AUSTRALIA 



Commonivealth Scientific and Industrial 

 Research Organization (CSIRO) 



Dtt'/sioti of Fisheries and Oceanography 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: Marine Biological Laboratory, P. O. 



Box 2 1 , CronuUa, New South Wales, Australia. 

 Branch laboratories: 



1. Eden, New South Wales (Tuna) 



2. c/o Fisheries and Wildlife, 4 Canterbury Road, 

 Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria (Barracouta, 

 Salmon, Tuna) 



3. "Stowell," Stowell Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania, 

 (Crayfish) 



4. University Grounds, Nedlands, Perth, Western 

 Australia (Crayfish) 



LOCATION: Headquarters located on shores of Port 



Hacking, Sydney. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: George F. Humphrey, Chief of 



Division. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1938. 



SCOPE OF activities: Research on fisheries and ocea- 

 nography to assist Australian industries ; graduate and 

 undergraduate instruction. 



season of OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Port Hacking, 

 Tasman Sea; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and 

 gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, and brackish, 

 shallow bays. Field stations have access to coral reefs, 

 eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes, rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for about 

 6 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very 



extensive librar)-; running sea and fresh-water, large 

 outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; 

 limited research and identified reference collections 

 of fishes, phytoplankton and zooplankton ; machine 

 and wood shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled 

 shop workman available; small boats and outboard 

 motors: 3 vessels (35-300 ft LOA). 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Short courses in marine 

 biology and oceanography for advanced students from 

 Australian universities. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Thirt}' at professional level; 30 tech- 

 nicians. 

 important species available for laboratory 



studies: 

 Marine plants: Zostera capricoriii, Posidonia sp., 



Gracilaria spp. 

 Coelenterata: Aitrelia caeriilea. . 

 Echinodermata: Heliocidaris erythro gramma, Tri- 



pneiistes gratilla, Astropecten pectinatiis 

 Annelida: Chaetoptenis variopedatus, Hydroides 



norvegica 



